September 26, 2012
A federal appeals court reversed itself this week and threw out a judge’s landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers was liable for billions of dollars in Hurricane Katrina flood damage that property owners blame on the corps’ maintenance …
July 24, 2012
Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has paid a $104 million judgment in a case involving more than 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of claims after hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck in 2005. Plaintiffs’ attorney Fred Herman said …
April 26, 2012
The Mississippi Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling that the owners of a Bay St. Louis restaurant cannot collect more than $300,000 they claimed to be owed by a local insurance agent after their business washed away in Hurricane …
April 20, 2012
Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has asked the nation’s highest court to hear an appeal of a $104.6 million award to 18,500 policyholders who sued over slow adjustment of hurricane claims in 2005. The action by Louisiana Citizens Property …
February 2, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to stall payment of a $93 million judgment against Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort, a decision that could get money within six months to policyholders who won the lawsuit against the company. The …
January 23, 2012
The Louisiana Supreme Court says it won’t reconsider a $92.7 million judgment against Louisiana’s state-backed insurer of last resort for handling claims too slowly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will ask the U.S. …
April 8, 2011
U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., who presided over hundreds of Hurricane Katrina insurance cases, is retiring Friday. The Sun Herald reported that Senter and his staff have spent the week packing up his offices on the fifth floor of …